1. Meyers, Nationality of Ships (1967), 16; O’Connell/Shearer, The International Law of the Sea (1984), vol. II, 748.
2. See art. 31(1) of the Convention on the Law of Treaties which reads: “a treaty shall be interpreted in good faith in accordance with the ordinary meaning to be given to the terms of the treaty in their context and in the light of its object and purpose.” [1969] 8 ILM 690; A/CONF.39/27.
3. The New Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988), vol. 10, 746.
4. Hawkins (ed.), The Oxford Reference Dictionary (1986), 911.
5. Ibid., at 764; “A vessel that sails the ocean is called a ship”, Encyclopedia American (1884), vol. 24, 719.